Emmanuelle Beart Bio

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Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1965) is a French film actress.

Emmanuelle Beart: Career

Béart obtained an acting role in the 1976 film Tomorrow's Children. In her teens she appeared in bit parts in television then went to Montreal, Canada to work as a nanny before returning to France the following year to attend drama school in Paris. A short time later she was cast in her first adult role in a film, and in 1986 she achieved fame with her role opposite Yves Montand, in the film Manon des Sources. For her performance, she won the 1987 César Award for "Best Supporting Actress". She also won a "Best Actress" award at the Moscow International Film Festival for her starring role in the 1995 film, A French Woman.

In addition to her award for Best Supporting Actress, she has also been nominated for 6 César Award for Best Actress in the following performances:

• 1985 - A Strange Passion
• 1986 - Love on the Quiet
• 1990 - Children of Chaos
• 1992 - The Beautiful Troublemaker
• 1993 - A Heart in Winter
• 1996 - Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
• 2001 - Les Destinées

In 2003, Béart, aged 38, appeared nude on the front cover of French magazine Elle and as of 2007, it is still the magazine's biggest-selling issue ever.

Emmanuelle Beart: Personal life

Béart was born Emmanuelle Béhart-Hasson in St. Tropez, on the French Riviera, the daughter of Geneviève Galéa, a former model, and Guy Béart, a singer and poet. Beart's mother is of Greek, Maltese, and Croatian descent, and her father is from a Jewish family - of Spanish, Swiss, and Russian ancestry. After a ten-year relationship with Daniel Auteuil (her co-star in Manon des Sources, A Heart in Winter and A French Woman), they divorced and she later re-married.

In addition to her screen work, Béart is also known for her social activism. She is an ambassador for UNICEF, and has made news for her opposition to France's anti-immigration legislation. In 1996, she made headlines when, defending the rights of the "sans-papiers" (illegal immigrants), she was removed after her group's occupation of a Paris church.